The Anniversary of the Normandy Landings
Earlier in June of this year, the seventieth anniversary of the Normandy landings was celebrated by veterans and their families. They gathered together to honor…
War Medals of a WWII Pilot Sold at Auction
Ronald Berry was a Spitfire pilot who won several war medals flying with the 603rd squadron during WWII. He flew well over four hundred missions…
The Little Things that Changed the Course of History (From Wars to the Sinking of the Titanic)
From the length of Cleopatra’s nose and its effect on the Roman Empire to the mistranslated word that caused one of the biggest bombings the world…
Comic Writer about Great War: “It was the world’s first sci-fi war”
Comic writer Pat Mills who wrote Charley’s War, a WWI-centered comic strip which ran from the 1970s up to the late 1980s, believe that that…
House of Sharing, Korean Home for Living “Comfort Women” during WWII, Offers English Tour
The House of Sharing, home of the many women forced into sexual slavery during WWII known as “comfort women”, opens its doors for English…
BAPTISM OF FIRE: Review by Mark Barnes
During the early spring of 1939 the tragic consequences of Appeasement began to bear fruit. Following the Nazi dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, the Hungarian regime led…
USC Hosts Exhibit on Jewish Soviets
The Jewish Soviets who fought on the side of the Allied forces during the Second World War are currently being honored by an exhibit at…
Village Near Bath Searches for Relatives of Spitfire Pilot
During the Second World War, a Spitfire pilot crashed outside of Bath. He is being memorialized by the town, and they are looking for any…
Prisoner in WWII Attempted Assassination of Adolf Hitler
During the Second World War, a man named Henry Wermuth set out to kill Adolf Hitler. He was imprisoned in a death camp at the…
New Poster, Trailer Out for WWII Film “Fury”
The upcoming David Ayer WWII film starring Brad Pitt in its lead role – Fury – released its first poster and trailer recently. The poster had Brad…
Jeep in a crate $50! -the legend and the truth.
A young man reading one of the magazines like Boy’s Life or Popular Science in the 40s or 50s might have come across an exciting…
FINAL DRIVE – A Dorset misadventure – by Mark Barnes
The best laid plans of mice and men are always game for a laugh. The WHO command team had been planning a meet up between…